Jenny Kwan and Chinese-Canadian

Chinese-Canadian: Jenny Kwan announced her plans to seek the nomination in the riding of Vancouver East on Sunday, while surrounded by members of the diverse neighbourhood aboriginal and Chinese-Canadian communities, according to CTV. The former city councillor was elected to the legislature in 1996 and subsequently became the first Chinese-Canadian to sit in the provincial cabinet. She has served as community development minister and municipal affairs minister and - A veteran member of British Columbia legislature is vowing to fight for First Nations and temporary foreign workers if she wins her bid to run for the NDP in this year federal election. "What we need is someone who is fearless in Ottawa to take on the Prime Minister," she declared in her speech. "Some might say I am a fighter and I'm not afraid to take on Stephen Harper." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.